ZETA PHI BETA INFO FREQUENTLY TESTED ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Founders' Day
ANSWER
January 16th, 1920 at Howard University
Question 2.
Charter at Elon
ANSWER
September 23, 1993
Question 3.
Principles
ANSWER
Sisterhood, Service, Scholarship, Finer Womanhood
Question 4.
Firsts
ANSWER
First National Pan-Hellenic Council organization to centralize its operations in a national
headquarters.
First to charter a chapter in Africa.
First to form auxiliary groups.
First to be constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
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, Question 5.
Incorporation
ANSWER
Sorority members Myrtle Tyler, Gladys Warrington, Joanna Houston, Josephine F. Johnson and
L.O. Goldia Smith first incorporated Zeta Phi Beta Sorority on March 30, 1923 in Washington
D.C.
In 1939, the Sorority was incorporated in the state of Illinois.
Question 6.
Founders (The Five Pearls)
ANSWER
Arizona Cleaver Stemons: Arizona Cleaver was the first president of Alpha chapter and the first
national president of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. She completed her graduate and post-graduate
studies in the field of social work and was responsible for chartering numerous undergraduate
and graduate chapters throughout the United States.
Pearl Anna Neal: After graduating from Howard University's Conservatory of Music, Founder
Neal continued her studies at the Julliard School of Music. In 1938, she was the first black
woman in New York to earn a master's degree in music from Columbia University. An
extremely accomplished musician, Founder Neal taught music in North Carolina public schools
and served as a director of seniors majoring in music at Teachers College in Winston Salem,
NC. Myrtle Tyler Faithful: Myrtle Tyler was the second national president of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority and blood sister to Viola Tyler. A high school mathematics and English teacher,
Founder Tyler was an active member of Alpha Zeta chapter in Baltimore, Maryland.
Viola Tyler Goings: Viola Tyler graduated from Howard University with a teaching degree and a
major in math. She taught school in Ohio for many years and was always very active in
community affairs.
Fannie Pettie Watts: Fannie Pettie graduated from Howard with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
education and taught junior and senior high schools in Savannah, Georgia. She was credited
with organizing two additional Zeta chapters and had active membership in Delta Alpha Zeta
chapter.
Question 7.
First Initiates
ANSWER
Gladys Warrington, Harriet Dorsey, Pauline Phillips (graduated summa cum laude from
Harvard) and Nellie Singfield
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EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Founders' Day
ANSWER
January 16th, 1920 at Howard University
Question 2.
Charter at Elon
ANSWER
September 23, 1993
Question 3.
Principles
ANSWER
Sisterhood, Service, Scholarship, Finer Womanhood
Question 4.
Firsts
ANSWER
First National Pan-Hellenic Council organization to centralize its operations in a national
headquarters.
First to charter a chapter in Africa.
First to form auxiliary groups.
First to be constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
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, Question 5.
Incorporation
ANSWER
Sorority members Myrtle Tyler, Gladys Warrington, Joanna Houston, Josephine F. Johnson and
L.O. Goldia Smith first incorporated Zeta Phi Beta Sorority on March 30, 1923 in Washington
D.C.
In 1939, the Sorority was incorporated in the state of Illinois.
Question 6.
Founders (The Five Pearls)
ANSWER
Arizona Cleaver Stemons: Arizona Cleaver was the first president of Alpha chapter and the first
national president of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. She completed her graduate and post-graduate
studies in the field of social work and was responsible for chartering numerous undergraduate
and graduate chapters throughout the United States.
Pearl Anna Neal: After graduating from Howard University's Conservatory of Music, Founder
Neal continued her studies at the Julliard School of Music. In 1938, she was the first black
woman in New York to earn a master's degree in music from Columbia University. An
extremely accomplished musician, Founder Neal taught music in North Carolina public schools
and served as a director of seniors majoring in music at Teachers College in Winston Salem,
NC. Myrtle Tyler Faithful: Myrtle Tyler was the second national president of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority and blood sister to Viola Tyler. A high school mathematics and English teacher,
Founder Tyler was an active member of Alpha Zeta chapter in Baltimore, Maryland.
Viola Tyler Goings: Viola Tyler graduated from Howard University with a teaching degree and a
major in math. She taught school in Ohio for many years and was always very active in
community affairs.
Fannie Pettie Watts: Fannie Pettie graduated from Howard with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
education and taught junior and senior high schools in Savannah, Georgia. She was credited
with organizing two additional Zeta chapters and had active membership in Delta Alpha Zeta
chapter.
Question 7.
First Initiates
ANSWER
Gladys Warrington, Harriet Dorsey, Pauline Phillips (graduated summa cum laude from
Harvard) and Nellie Singfield
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